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Our annual Best Practices Awards include the Best Overall Winner and the additional categories below. Congratulations to the 2021 winners! Best Trade/Licensee Education Program Montgomery County Alcohol Beverage Services In January of this year, Alcohol Beverage Services...

Ten community organizations across the state recently received more than $75,000 in Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) Education and Prevention grants to help reduce underage and high-risk drinking in their communities.According to a...

This July, seven laws impacting the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC), its licensees and applicants for ABC licenses went into effect. The Virginia General Assembly passed the following Virginia ABC-related legislative proposals during the...

After more than a year of reduced operating hours in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, all Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) stores have returned to pre-pandemic operating hours. This move occurred on May 14.  All...

J. Neal Insley, NABCA’s Senior Vice President and General Counsel, has been selected as the next NABCA President and CEO. “Neal’s experience in enforcement, his legal background, his role as former chairman of the Virginia...

For our second wine panel of 2021, StateWays asked our panel of wine industry professionals to sample and grade spring and summer wines. As we move on from winter’s cold grip, it’s time to pop those...

With circumstances for in-person events still uncertain in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, NABCA’s Board Chairman Zander Guy, and the Board of Directors, have decided to virtually host the 84th Annual Conference. The dates...

As part of our look early in 2021 at this year’s top whiskey trends, we recently interviewed Kaveh Zamanian, founder and whiskey maker of Rabbit Hole Distillery. Rabbit Hole remains one of the fastest growing craft...

The Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division (ABD) announced that liquor sales for the month of December reached $42.8 million. This represents a record number for liquor sales in a single month, and is an increase...

The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) has been recognized as the Alcohol Law Enforcement Agency of the Year by the National Liquor Law Enforcement Association (NLLEA). The NLLEA is a non-profit association of...